100 Things to Do While Waiting For Election Results

The act of making a list helps ease my anxious mind. Let’s be honest, on any normal day my lists even have lists. But today is no normal day. So I’ve made a list of 100 things to do while waiting for election results tonight. (Or all this week… ) 

1. Read a book
2. Read two books
3. Start on the novel you’ve been putting off
4. Finally start journaling
5. Write down what you’re grateful for
6. Write down every emotion you’ve ever had about this election
7. Do push-ups
8. Watch The Rock do push-ups instead
9. Try a new workout video
10. Go for a run
11. Run a half-marathon
12. Learn how to knit
13. Knit a weighted blanket to help with your anxiety
14. Tend to your garden
15. Buy some plants
16. Turn your home into a greenhouse
17. Start a Facebook group for plant enthusiasts
18. See your aunts fighting and delete your Facebook app
19. Take a drawing class
20. Draw a self-portrait
21. Throw paint at a wall
22. Go for a walk with your partner
23. Keep walking until all the ballots have been counted
24. Have a dance party to Missy Elliot songs
25. Watch the singing episode of Grey’s Anatomy
26. Watch an episode of Veep and then realize it hits too close to home
27. Scrapbook your year
28. Realize you didn’t go anywhere in 2020 so you have nothing to scrapbook
29. Try your hand at woodworking
30. Build a stool
31. Realize you’re not good at woodworking
32. Build a bunker….hahahahahaha just kidding!
33. Try playing that new game Among Us
34. Get addicted to Among Us
35. Realize you are playing with a bunch of kids on a game app and delete the app
36. Learn to play guitar
37. Learn to play drums
38. Apologize to neighbors for playing the drums
39. Learn to sing
40. Start a one-man band now that you can play all parts
41. Watch funny cat YouTube videos
42. Watch funny dog YouTube videos
43. Watch funny bird YouTube videos
44. Stumble on election videos and delete your YouTube app
45. Learn to bake
46. Bake a cake
47. Ice the cake
48. Eat the whole cake in one sitting
49. Work on a jigsaw puzzle
50. Abandon the puzzle after 20 minutes
51. Play solitaire
52. Buy cute solitaire cards on Etsy
53. Stumble on tarot cards on Etsy
54. Google tarot cards
55. Realize you really don’t want to see into the future and abandon cart
56. Learn how to make your own beer
57. Realize it won’t be done before election results come in…or maybe it will?
58. Learn to make sourdough bread
59. Buy a sourdough starter
60. Name your sourdough starter Derek
61. Feed your sourdough starter
62. Smell a weird odor in your house
63. Realize you forgot about Derek and he went bad
64. Resign yourself to watching silly kids movies
65. Watch Shrek
66. Realize Shrek is actually a pretty good movie
67. Read long form blog posts about how Shrek is actually a good movie
68. Start a second Twitter account for your 280-character thoughts on Shrek
69. Twitter starts suggesting election tweets and delete your Twitter app
70. Mow the grass
71. Realize that won’t take long so cut grass by hand with scissors
72. Learn TikTok dances
73. Follow young and inspiring people on TikTok
74. Remember that TikTok is tied to the election and delete the app
75. Take a bath
76. Try not to look at your phone while you relax in the bath
77. Drop your phone in the bath
78. Run out to get rice
79. Put your phone in rice
80. See if your phone turns on
81. Go to reorganize apps on your phone
82. Realize you deleted all your apps
83. Promise yourself you won’t look at your phone anymore
84. Put your phone on the table
85. Put your phone in a different room
86. Lock your phone in a safe
87. Sit outside and enjoy the breeze
88. Count all the leaves in the trees
89. Learn bird calls
90. Practice bird calls
91. Get weird looks from your neighbors
92. Take 5 deep breaths
93. Take 10 deep breaths
94. Take 20 deep breaths
95. Learn a yoga pose
96. Learn another yoga pose
97. Learn a third yoga post
98. Realize yoga is not for you
99. Make a drink
100. Drink until the results come in

If none of these activities sound fun, you can always stress cook or bake with some of my favorite recipes like Anxiety Soup, Totchos, or Chocolate Chip Pretzel Cookies (I seriously don’t trust myself around those cookies.) How are you passing the time today?